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Re: the true literal

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"Stefan Ram"  wrote in message 
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>  The JLS says:
>
>      »While true and false might appear to be keywords,
>      they are technically Boolean literals (§3.10.3).«
>
>  What is a keyword?
>
>  I used to think that a keyword is a words whose meaning is
>  given by the language specification and that cannot be
>  declared as an identifier in source code. I believe that all
>  of this applies to »true«. So, why then it is not called a
>  keyword in Java?

Do the terms "keyword" and "literal" have to be mutually exclusive?  To me, 
'true' and 'false' have properties of both terms though I would favour 
'literal' if I had to make a choice.

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-Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
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